World implantable medical devices used to stimulate growth in demand for titanium

World implantable medical devices used to stimulate growth in demand for titanium

Medical devices implanted in the mechanical world titanium demand for rapid growth, including artificial hip and knee products dominate.

According to data released by Siemens, only the US market, as of 2030, the artificial hip and knee implants demand is expected to more than 4 million, 20-year growth of 300 percent.

medical titanium alloy implant devices are widely used in the medical field, artificial hip joints standard size, reach more than a dozen species, which can not be imagined a few years ago.

Titanium is mainly used for medical implant devices artificial joints, but the number of bone with titanium and titanium mesh used to rebuild damaged growing.

Cause widely used in medical implantable devices titanium is titanium does not rust and does not react with human tissue. In addition, it also has a special characteristic bone growth attached devices implanted titanium surface.

The new medical applications is also developing rapidly. In early European implanted the first titanium jaw. The implant is produced in Belgium. The use of laser fusion jaw titanium metal powder is placed in the metal layer, a process known as rapid prototyping and manufacturing.

medical titanium is an unusual application of orthopedic implant coatings.

Developer and supplier of titanium coating APS Materials, Inc. in the United States, the use of plasma spraying and other techniques to titanium metal coating on the implant. Coating is usually CP (commercially pure titanium) or standard 6-4 titanium.

Coating designed to help anchor the implant, supports bone growth. They have been used in hip and knee joints, as well as disc replacement and other medical applications.